Publicness in the contemporary museum

Project fot the new MHKA

Master thesis (2023)

Authors

N.A. Bueno Vega Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

S. De Vocht Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
J.S. Zeinstra Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
M. Parravicini Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

29-06-2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The focal point of this graduation project revolves around the design and implementation of a new structure for the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp (MHKA) in the Flemish region of Belgium. Founded in 1985, this public institution is set for relocation to the site of the forthcoming demolition of the Court of Appeal in the Zuid district of the city, situated adjacent to the historic docks. Aligned to its multifaceted role as a publicly funded institution the project has to bridge the guvernamental desire to stablish it as an international flemish museum without lossing its identity and origins in the ICC. The brief presents a complex array of contrasting notions that demand careful consideration and thoughtful resolution in a physical embodiment that will transforms the city’s skyline

Thus, the new building investigates an approach that challenges the common formality and rigidity of art institutions without neglecting the required technical specifications of a museum. As a result, it questions how social, cultural and economical dynamics can interlace the principles of the modern museum that cater to the handling of art, in order to cater to the contemporary art museum and foster public spaces for social interaction.